Warsaw Ghetto Resistance During The Holocaust

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During the Holocaust about 18 million people were killed. The majority of this number consisted of the Jewish community. The Holocaust took place during World War II and lasted about four years. Throughout this time period millions of Jews and "undesirables" were murdered. The Germans forced them to move into ghettos and some were sent to death camps. Most did not last days in the ghettos. At the time of the Holocaust, Jews and other "undesirables" used armed and unarmed resistance in order to retain their humanity.
In 1943 there was a warsaw ghetto resistance that's resulted in an armed revolt against the germans. The rumors got around within the ghetto, that they were going to be deported to killing centers so they took action. “As the German

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